This is the coolest thing I've seen all day.The backstory goes like this: I was talking with Ken Mansfield, author of The White Book and Stumbling on Open Ground. He mentioned Chris Hillman, one of the founding members of the Byrds, and said he was a Christian. I've been a fan of the Byrds since I was a kid and knew Roger McGuinn was a believer, but I didn't know about Hillman. Ken told me to check out an interview Hillman did with CBN. Here's the video. You'll only need one guess as to why … [Read more...]

When you note personal or spiritual growth in your life, there can be a tendency to disparage your past, to look down on a self that you might now regard as wrong or naive or simply juvenile.I've been listening to tracks stored in the dusty, cobwebbed corners of my iPod lately. Songs I haven't heard in years are tumbling out, one after another. There's a lot of 77s, Bob Dylan, Bill Mallonee, Tom Petty, and Daniel Amos. Sometimes the songs still work for me. Love the Byrds! Other times not. … [Read more...]